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Hon. William Scott Bond, One of the Race Commissioners of Illinois Is Not A Member of The Executive Committee of The Grand Boulevard Branch of The Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations THE RACE PREJUDICE OFFICIALS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IN THE PAST AN UP TO JANUARY 1, 1920, USED MR. BOND'S NAME WITHOUT HIS CONSENT OR AUTHORITY IN THAT CONNECTION. THE LETTER WHICH APPEARS IN THESE COLUMNS OVER HIS OWN SIGNATURE FULLY EXPLAINS HIS POSITION, AND IT CLEARLY SETS FORTH THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF STIRRING UP STRIFE AND BITTERNESS BETWEEN THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES IN CHICAGONOR THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. It will be re-called that it was stated in these columns January 17, 1920, that the members of the Grand Boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations through the columns of the Hyde Park Journal were endeavoring to bring on another race riot in this city, that the head editors and its head officials should be arrested the same as the "Red necks" and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for attempting to spread violence and disorder, rapine and all forms of lawlessness throughout that section of the city, in their mad effort to strike at the civil and political rights of the colored people and to resort to the bomb and all kinds of force in order to prevent them from residing in that section of the city. Not long after January 1, 1920, while carefully engaged in reading over the names of those composing the executive committee which appeared on the editorial page of the Hyde Park Journal which was dated December 13, 1919, and we still have the Journal of that issue, to our horror and great amazement we beheld the name of Hon. William Scott Boud one of the Race Commissioners of Illinois, printed in black-face type as one of the active membres of the Executive Committee of the Grand Boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations what our eyes beheld in cold type was commented on in these columns January 24, 1920, and the first part of this week we received the following letter from Hon. William Scott Bond which we gladly and cheerfully publish: Wm. Scott Bond, 25 N. Dearborn St. Chicago. January 31, 1920. Dear Sir: Your edition of the twenty-fourth instant in which you give prominent space to what you state as my attitude on the Race question and my alleged connection with the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Onwers' Improvement Association has come to my attention. In regard to the former, permit me to say that your statement does not in any way represent my attitude on the questions involved, in fact, it is entirely contrary to the real situation of which you can easily assure yourself by a personal talk with me or with any of the members of the Race Commission. Concerning what you state as to my connection with the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Association, the following are the facts: Last October I learned that this Association was, without my knowledge and without authority from me, using my name as a member of their Executive Committee. I immediately wrote to their Secretary asking that such use of my name be stopped and, after a second protest on my part, I received a letter from him saying that the use of my name would be stopped and since that time it has been discontinued. This correspondence has been for some time in the files of the Race Commission where you can see it at any time on application to the Executive Secretary of the Commission. I write you this letter assuming that you are interested in stating the facts in these matters just as they are, and that you do not desire to hinder in any way the work which the Race Commission has undertaken. I ask in the interest of fairness both THE BROAD AX to myself and the Race Commission that you publish this letter. Yours 'very truly. It is far from our intention to distort the truth at anytime or to knowingly do anyone an injustice be they white or black, rich or poor, high or low, and when we observed the name of Mr. Bond in the Hydie Park Journal dated December 13, 1919, which was two months beyond October, 1919, as being an active member of the Executive Committee we naturally concluded that there was or must be some truth in that statement we are happy to state that Mr. Bond states that his name was used in that connection without any authority whatever from him, and that he never was a member nor officer of the associations. It appears that up to within the past year or possibly year and a half that the real estate firm of W. A. Bond & Co., of which Mr. William Scott Bond is a member, were members of the Hyde Park and Kenwood Property Owners' Improvement Association, but when the race issue became so acute in that section of the city at the request of Mr. William S. Bond, the firm of William A. Bond & Co. withdrew their moral or other support from the above mentioned association and that might be the real reason why the head officials of those associations assumed the right to use the name of Mr. William S. Bond in connection with their Executive Committee. In our humble opinion Mr. Bond should crack down on the head officials of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations with the law for using his name as one of its executive officers without first consulting him in that respect. Mr. Bond stated while in conversation with him recently that he is in favor of law and order; that he is in favor of giving the colored people an even or a fifty-fifty break in the great struggle for existence or in the race of life, that the two races are here to stay; that it is utterly impossible for them to get away from each other, therefore they must dwell together in peace and in harmony in the great city of Chicago. REWARD FOR ANTI-NEGRO COL ONY BOMB THROWEARS. A reward of $1,000 is to be offered for the capture of the dynamiters who have been bombing property of those concerned in colonizing Negroes in white districts. James C. Jeffery, an attorney living at 301 Belluex place, whose dat was wrecked and his sick child frightened by a bomb last Saturday night, heads the committee being formed on the north side. Harry Hade Costa, president of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Association, heads the South Side Committee. They do not favor bringing Negroes into white districts, but oppose violent methods of opposition. Miss Nellie Callaway, 2300 Rhodes avenue, has been confined to her home the past week with an attack of the "Flu" but under the good care of her sister, Madam M. Byron Callaway, she is recovering from its effects and expects to be able to be out again in the near future. J. B. State's Attorney of Cook County, who has promised to address the gentlemen composing the Grand Boulevard branch of the Kenwood and Hyde Park Property Owners' Associations, at which time he will pay his respects to the colored people from A to Z. In 1912 the greatest weekly newspaper in the world for money supported Col. Hoyne for his present position, but the editor of this paper has never supported him for anything nor received one penny of his money. Monday, Mrs. Albina (Lowe) Smith, the devoted and beloved wife of Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith of the Fourteenth Ward, passed away at the Robert Burns Hospital, where she had been removed from her home, 2342 West Superior street, to undergo an operation which ended her life. When she was conveyed to the hospital she left at home her three children, all victims of influenza. They are Joseph Jr., 5 1-2 years old; Mary Bernice, 3, and Dolores, 18 months. She survived the operation and just a short time before being operated on for throat infection she brought forth her fourth little baby, a bouncing girl. Mrs. Smith recovered from the terrible ordeal nobly and when she seemed certain of recovery Alderman Smith returned home to take care of his children. His nearest relative, a sister, lives in an apartment above his, but because of blindness she was unable to nurse them He was called and arrived at the bedside just before his wife died. The baby lives and will be kept at the hospital for the next few weeks. Funeral services were held over her remains Thursday morning at St. Malachi's Roman Catholic Church, where the very highest mass was celebrated and she was laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. Many of the leading politicians in this city and the most prominent business men on the West Side attended the funeral services, and the sympathy of the people in all parts of Chicago as well as the sympathy of his hundreds of warm friends flows out to Alderman Smith at this time over the great loss he has sus- HON. MACLAY HOYNE. money of Cook County, who has p men composing the Grand Bo d and Hyde Park Property Ou time he will pay his respects to Z. In 1912 the greatest wee money supported Col. Hoyne, the editor of this paper has never received one penny of his m tained in the death of his devoted and lovable wife. Alderman George M. Maypole and State Senator Edward J. Hughes were two of the active pallbearers. THIS POPULAR COMMANDER OF THE UNIFORM RANK OF ODD FELLOWS VISITED ST. LOUIS, MO., THE PAST WEEK. General Morris Lewis, commanding the uniform rank of Odd Fellows, spent several days last week in the city of St. Louis, where he was the guest at a banquet and reception and also inspected the 14th Regiment of Missouri of Odd Fellows. While there he was put up at the celebrated Poro College. He pronounces the work of the Odd Fellows as progressing and states that the Poro College organization and plant is far and beyond anything produced by colored people along commercial and business lines. While in St. Louis he also had opportunity to visit the little colored settlement of Kinlock, where the 500 inhabitants are preparing to incorporate and establish a village government of their own. THE PROTECTIVE CIRCLE OF CHICAGO HELD ITS FIRST PUBLIC MEETING SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WAS LARGELY ATTENDED AT ST. MARK'S CHURCH. Last Sunday afternoon the first public meeting of the Protective Circle of Chicago was held at St. Mark Church, 50th street and S. Wabash avenue. Its pastor, Rev. John W. Robinson, being its President, presided over the meeting. Opening prayer, Rev. E. T. Martin. Dr. Charles E. Bentley, Alderman Louis B. Anderson, Capt. Lewis E. Johnson, Mrs. Earnest Byron Clark and L. L. McGee were the principal speakers. Hon. A. H. Roberts read the resolution and unbosomed himself of much eloquence while advocating their adoption, and they were adopted without a dissenting voice. A collection was lifted for the benefit of the Circle amounting to more than two hundred dollars. Hon. Warren B. Douglas will address the Bethel Literary Society, which meets at Bethel Church, Monday evening, February 9. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, lately, bought a fine house, at 4751 Champlain avenue, and they will move into their new home the first of this coming May. Rev. B. H. Hunter, Evanston, Ill., was able to attend the Ministers' Union held at Ebenezer Baptist Church last Monday. Rev. Hunter has been sick for some time. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Manson have taken a suite of rooms at the New Vincennes Hotel, 36th street and Vincennes avenue, where they will be pleased to see their friends. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 6438 Eberhart avenue, left Wednesday night for Detroit, Mich., to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mattie Lytle. She will be absent about one week. Mrs. Rosa Morgan Cooper, the first of this week, moved into her new bungalow at 6522 St. Lawrence avenue, and when she gets everything straightened out, she will have one of the loveliest little homes in Chicago. MONSTER MEETING AT BETHEL CHURCH HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BETHEL LITERARY SOCIETY. HON. WILLIAM T. VERNON, HON. PATRICK H. O'DONNEL, REV. W. D. COOK, COL. FRANKLIN A. DENISON, BISHOP H. BLANTON PARKS AND HON. JOHN DRENNAN FURNISHED THE ORATORY. MR. VERNON DELIVERED THE KEYNOTE SPEECH OF THE EVENING AND BITTERLY DENOUNCED AND CONDEMNED THE FALSE LEADERS AND TRAITORS TO THE COLORED RACE IN AMERICA. Wednesday evening a great meeting was held at Bethel Church which was filled from pit to dome; it was held under the auspices of the Bethel Literary Society, Sandy W. Trice, President; at which time the following highly interesting program was rendered: Song, "America;" Invocation, Dr. Jas. M. Henderson; Song, Armour Glee Club Remarks by Pres. Sandy W. Trice, introducing Judge John G. Drennan, as Master of Ceremonies; Reading, J. E Mitchem; Solo, Miss Mary E. Jones; Introduction of Hon. W. T. Vernon by Dr. W. D. Cook; Solo, Miss Olva Jordan; Song, Armour Glee Club; Short Address, Atty. Patrick H. O'Donnell; Song, Armour Glee Club; Benediction; FishH. B. Parks; Musical Program by Armour Glee Club; Prof. K. D Long, Director. Prof. Vernon strode upon the platform just as the vast audience was engaged in singing "America" and he was accorded a royal reception; the former Register of the United States Presyure was in fine shape and form and his old warm friend Rev. W. D. Cook was all eloquence in introducing him and strongly intimated that Prof. Vernon was one of the strongest and leading candidates for Bishop of the great A. M. E. Church; that he was in every way highly qualified to occupy that honored position in his church. 8TH REGIMENT NOTES Colonel Otis B. Dunena addressed a large and enthusiastic audience at Indianapolis a few days ago. His subject "Moral Rectitude" was well received. After returning from Springfield, the Colonel made a hurried inspection tour of the down state companies, and found the 3rd Battalion progressing nicely with their recruiting campaign. Orders from Governor Lowden have been received directing that Headquarters Company, including the Band Section, the Supply Company and Company B, be formally mustered into the service of the State of Illinois, on the evening of February 11th. These three companies have filled their quota and after the muster requisitions will go forward for their arms and equipment. Lieutenant Colonel John H. Patton has been appointed Inspection and Mustering Officer to muster the above mentioned companies. The remaining companies will be mustered as soon as they secure the required number of men. The 17th Annual Military Ball will be given on Thursday Eve, February 12th (Lincoln's birthday) and this affair promises to celapse all previous affairs. All soldiers and former soldiers are invited to attend in uniform and all our overseas heroes are expected to be present. Miss Essie Arnold, who is in charge of the Ladies' Committee, has been successful in creating added interest in the ball. The Regimental Basket Ball team journeyed to Gary last week and added to its collection, the scalp of the Gary Independents. A red hot game has been scheduled with the Emerson St. Prof. Vernon's subject was "Democracy and the Negro" without any question about it Prof. Vernon is one of the greatest orators in this country; he stands for the highest ideals in American citizenship for the colored race; he very bitterly scored and condemned the false leaders of the colored race, he explained that the false leaders of the race should at all times be spurned or east aside; that they are a great load stone around the necks of the colored people; it was one of the ablest orders ever delivered in Bethel Church and Prof. Vernon can easily be classed among the most eminent and eloquent leaders of the colored race in America. The orations of Hous. Patrick H. O'Donnell, John G. Drennan, Col. F. A. Denison, Bishop H. B. Parks and Rev. W. D. Cook, were all of the highest order, in short it was the greatest feast of oratory that was ever turned loose in Bethel Church. Bishop H. B. Parks, Rev. J. M. Henderson, Rev. H. E. Stewart, Hon. Warren B. Douglas, Hon. Oscar De Priest, Hon. S. B. Turner, Hon. Edward H. Wright, Editor B. W. Fitts, Hon. Walter M. Farmer, Hon. Patrick H. O'Donnell, Rev. W. D. Cook, Hon. John G. Drennan, Col. F. A. Denison, Mr. Sandy W. Trice and Julius F. Taylor, were among those who occupied seats on the platform. Y. M. C. A. team at Evanston and Lieutenant Johnson is putting his team through some strenuous practice in order to get the team in the best possible condition for the game. The Prairie Tennis Club gave a very delightful Whist Party and Dance in the Colonel's quarters last Thursday evening. The Indoor Tennis Court has been completed and play on the court has been started. On account of the small number of reruits needed to fill the regiment, extra effort is being made to induce former service men to re-enlist while there is a chance. Former service men are being enlisted for one year and all others for either one or three years, in the latter case the proportion of one and three year enlistments is in the proportion of one to two. On account of enlistments being practically all made within the past few months, there will be no discharges within the next year and after the quota, is filled it will be impossible to join the regiment until some man is discharged. PUBLISHERS LEASE 7 STORY LA SALLE ST. BUILDING. The Linden Bros.' Publishing Company, now at 720 South Dearborn street, has leased through E. P. Keelebler & Co., the entire seven story building at 701-3 South La Salle street for fifteen years from May 1 at a term rental of $225,000. The building has a floor area of 40,000 square feet. Almost twenty years ago Mr. John Linden, President of Linden Brothers (Inc.), started in the printing business in a small way at the corner of Dearborn and Harrison streets, but by everlastingly sticking to it, and at the same time paying the closest attention to all the details of the printing business, today Linden Brothers stand shoulder to shoulder with the best and the leading printers in Chicago. THE BROAD AX In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 So., Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. February 7, 1920. No. 20 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago III. Under Act of March 3, 1879. HON. OATNEAL COMING. Hon. John T. Oatneal, Justice of the Peace with Municipal Jurisdiction of Washington Court House of Ohio, graduate of the V. N. & C. I. Petersburg, Va., will be in Chicago on the 10th of February to attend the Lincoln League and to confer with M. T. Bailey, Pres., the Alumni Association of the V. N. & I. I., Petersburg, Va. HOLD ANOTHER MEETING. The various temples of Chicago and jurisdiction met Saturday evening at Harmony Hall and adopted resolutions of protest to be sent to all officers - and temples throughout the state protesting against the unnecessary high taxation. After three successful weeks in Louisville, Ky., and Marion, Ind. where he conducted revivals, Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor, Chapel A. M. E. Church, 46th and Evans avenue has returned to the city pleased with his work. WELL ATTENDED The public installation of the various lodges and temples in the city of U. B. F. and S. M. T. was largely attended by officers, members and friends at Wright's Hall, 44th and State streets, Friday evening, Jan. 30th. Rev. R. E. Wilson, pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Evanston, was high in praise when speaking of the success of his church work, during his stay in the city last week. Rev. E. P. Jones, Pres., National Baptist Convention, uninc., of Evanston, was in the city during the week on ministerial and other business. Mrs. Irene Lucky, 3638 State street, who has been quite ill, is much improved. Mrs. Cora Frankes of Lake Forest, Mrs. Harriet Pharim and Mrs. Anna ```markdown ``` [Image of a man seated in a chair, dressed in formal attire with a mustache.] The eloquent pastor of Bethel Church, William T. Vernon at the great meeting Wednesday evening. BACK IN CITY M. B. Judge of the Superior Court to the common people and in dering his decisions. That fa and eminence more than anyth the Superior Court bench. Judge of the Superior Court, who believes in standing close to the common people and in being fair and deliberate in rendering his decisions. That fact has added to his popularity and eminence more than anything else since being elevated to the Superior Court bench. L. Edwards of Evanston, are improving slowly after being quite ill. J. W. Lambert, 3630 Dearborn street, who has been confined to his home for two weeks on account of illness, is much better. detectives and did not go down-stairs to question them. The doors of the building are equipped with spring locks and old-fashioned locks. The latter are never used. Several of the tenants found the doors leading from their apartments to BROKERS ORGANIZED Temporary arrangements were made at the meeting of the real estate brokers and the civic committee of the Appomattox Club at the meeting Saturday evening, George W. Faulkner of Faulkner & Cook Real Estate Co., was elected chairman and M. T. Bailey, Pres, Bailey Realty Co., was elected secretary. CLUB GIVES BANQUET The Kansas Club gave an elaborate banquet at Vincent Hotel Jan 29, at which time Mrs. Stella Franklin, Mrs. Knight, Officer South and wife were hostess. LOCK DOORS OF BUILDING; SET OFF "RAGE BOMB." After locking the doors of the building from the outside, presumably to prevent the escape of the occupants, an unidentified man touched another "race bomb" early Sunday morning in front of a six apartment building at 4722 Calumet avenue. No one was injured, but every window in the front of the structure, as well as those in adjoining buildings, was smashed. The building is occupied by four Negro families and one white family. The colored tenants moved in recently. Saw Man Lurking Near By. Some of the tenants declared a man was seen lurking about the building shortly before the bomb was exploded. Alexander Jackson, colored, who lives on the second floor, said he looked out of the window shortly after the explosion and saw three men enter the building. He said he presumed they were ```markdown ``` Church, who introduced Hon. t meeting held at that church HON. CHARLES M. FOELL. Superior Court, who believes in standing close people and in being fair and deliberate in rensions. That fact has added to his popularity more than anything else since being elevated to court bench. Evanston, are im-mer being quite ill. Fort, 3630 Dearborn been confined to his locks on account of litter. detectives and did not go down-stairs to question them. The doors of the building are equipped with spring locks and old-fashioned locks. The latter are never used. Several of the tenants found the doors leading from their apartments to the halls had been locked with a key from the outside. Doors Blown from Hinges. The front doors were blown from their hinges by the force of the explosion, n but the police found the old locks had been sprung, presumably before the blast occurred. The brickwork around the entrance was torn away and a number of bricks fell on the sidewalk and street. The damage was estimated at $1,000. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MRS THOMAS BELL. Sunday morning, January 25, at 9:10 o'clock Mrs. Thomas Bell very peacefully closed her eyes in death at her lovely home, 523I South Wabash avenue. Pneumonia was the immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Bell was very popular with a large circle of warm friends, she was always jovial and had a kind word and a pleasant smile for every one she came in contact with. She was a devoted member of Olivet Baptist Church, 31st and South Park avenue, where funeral services were held over her remains the following Tuesday afternoon after her death, Rev. J. H. Branham officiating, who spoke in glowing terms of her past usefulness as an honest and good Christian woman and a dutiful helpmate to her husband, Mr. Thomas Bell. Aside from being a prominent member of Olivet Baptist Church, Mrs. Bell was an active member of Queen Esther Circle; a member of the Easter Lily Club and a member of the Mosaic Temple of America. Representatives of the above mentioned orders attended the funeral services and performed their customary rites over her remains. The floral offerings' from them and from her many other friends were many and very beautiful. She was laid to rest in Oakwoods Cemetery. Her late husband wishes to thank Mrs. Nora E. Lee, who was one of Mrs. Bell's warmest friends and her hosts of other friends who so nobly assisted him in his sad bereavement. QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME. October 20, 1919, to January 20, 1920 The Phyllis Wheatley Home is one of the helpful agencies of this great city, which is doing its share towards solving the problem of protecting the stranger girl of our group by safeguarding her with a healthful, wholesome environment, Christian influences, homelike comforts, sympathy and encouragement. Girls can secure warm, pleasant rooms at reasonable rates, and are helped to find employment. "The Home is run on a business-like basis by the officers and members of the various committees, who work untiringly and unselfishly without compensation. The management highly appreciated the approving statement of the public auditors at the close of the fiscal year Oct. 20, that the books of the Phyllis Wheatley Home were as well kept as those of any institution ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 7, 1920. THE ALDERMANIC FIGHT OR CONTEST IS ON IN FULL FORCE IN THE VARIOUS WARDS THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. IT WILL BE EASY SAILING FOR SEVERAL OF THE CITY FATHERS WHO WILL BE RE-ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH NO OPPOSITION. All of the candidates or would-be aldermen in the various wards throughout this city have filed their petitions and they are good and ready to enter in the aldermanic race under the new non-partisan election which will be held Tuesday, February 24. The new non-partisan law provides that all aldermanic candidates receiving fifty-one per cent of the vote cast on Feb 24, will be duly elected to the City Council from their respective wards. Those failing to receive fifty-one per cent of the vote cast will be forced to go to the mat with their nearest opponent at a later election which will be held the first part of April. The following is the complete list of candidates who have entered the aldermanic contest. Although it is a non-partisan, free for all race the Socialists have put in a full slate "the candidates will run as Socialists." The complete list of aldermanic petitions filed follows" Ward. 1—Ald. J. J. Coughlin, J. H. Kennedy, W. E. Davis, Guy C. Van Allen. 2—Ald. R. R. Jackson, A. B. Perrigo, R. E. Westbrooks. 3—N. B. Haldane, Ald. U. S. Schwartz, Robert Finn. 4—P. P. Haedtell, Alex Metke, Ald. J. A. Richert. 5—Thos. A. Doyle, Frank A. Suffer, Ald. R. Mulcahy, John P. Norton, F. G. Wellman. 6—Ald. C. S. Eaton. 7—Ald. G. Guernsey, A. G. Schreiver. 8—Thomas A. Green, Ald. M. S. Furman, John H. Jones, Ernest M. Cross, George R. Bard. 9—Adam Geringer, Ald. S. W. Govier, Thos. A. Guinane, John M. Berg, Chas. V. Johnson. 10—Ald. J. McNichols, Edward Bzorch, G. A. Grosman, John J. Jelinek. 11—Julian J. Sykes, Wm. J. Riordan, Wm. Newman, H. A. Snedeker, L. Rutkowski. 12—Joseph Placek, J. A. Gerhart, William Knowick, A. W. Kalfas, Joseph Novack, Ald. J. I. Novak Joseph Baumrick, Joseph Cepak, Elmer A. Klein, H. Sonnenschein, Charles J. Michal, Louis Cejka. 13—Jas. A. Creighton, George C. Allen, Ald. J. G. Horne, John T. Queenan, James T. Welch, Oliver C. Wilson. in the city having no paid expert bookkeeper. The Home is endowed by the Subscription Investigating Committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce for the regular period ending Nov. 20, 1920. A membership drive is now on for 2,500 associate members; annual dues $1.00. Mrs. Amanda Poole, Chairman Membership Committee. Mrs. Ruth A. Smith has charge of the drive. Meetings monthly. First Tuesday—Board of Directors, Elizabeth L. Davis, chairman. Second Tuesday—Board of Managers, Minnie E. Collins, chairman. Fourth Sunday, 4 p. m.-Social-Educational, Beatrice Mitchell, chairman. Association meetings semi-annually. Committee meetings at call of chairman. Parlors are rented at reasonable rates for club meetings or entertainments. The girls were given a Merry Christmas dinner Dec. 28, by the House Committee, Mary G. Bailey, chairman. Girls housed during quarter. 44* Receipts—Amount on hand. Total ..... $517.09 Disbursements ..... 385.45 Balance on hand..... $131.64 Gertrude Moore, President; Amanda Poole, 1st Vice Pres.; Susie Hughley, 2nd Vice Pres.; Ruth A. Smith, Rec. Sec.; Violet Anderson, Cor. Sec.; Rachel E. Cross, Treasurer; Blanche Gilman, Ch. Welfare Committee; Geraldine Withers, Ch. Auditing Committee; For Sale—one-ton Ford Truck, 1917 style. It is in good running order and will be sold at a bargain price—four hundred and fifty dollars. For further information call on or address Thomas Bell, 17 West 53rd St, near State St.—Adv. Musical Instruments of Insects. Buzzing or humming of insects is mainly due to the rapid vibration of the wings, which often strikes the air more than 100 times a second, but there is sometimes a special quivering instrument near the base of the wings. Chirping or trilling is due to some sort of "stridulating" organ, one hard part being scrapped against another, as the bow of a fiddle—it may be leg against wing. 14—Ald. J. H. Smith, Charles Dold, H. W. Harris, Chas. E. Graydon, Thos. E. Wickens. 15—John M. Collins, Ald, O. H. Olsen, E. A. Russell, M. N. Friedland. 16—Ald. J. A. Piotrowski, A. N. Lodozinski. 17—Ald. S. S. Walkowiak, John Kulik. 18—Ald. M. F. Kavanaugh, John W. Maskell, Bernard J. Grogan, John Mulloy. 19—Ald. J. B. Bowler. 20—Ald. Matt Franz, A. Y. S. Al- burn, Edward Wieman. 21—Chas. J. Agnew, Wm. C. Scher- wat, J. E. J. Walker, Evan And- erson. 22—Leo C. Klein, F. Palzkill, Ald. J. H. Bauler, Andrew Lafin. 23—Ald. W. P. Steffen. 24—M. W. Kearney, Ald. J. Haderlein, J. A. Weber, Albert J. Hengel, A. W. Harrack, Jas. D. Richards. 25—Ald. F: J. Link. 26—Ald. Geo. Pretzel, T. R. Cašpers, W. Albright, J. Marshall. 27—J. A. Rogers, C. A. Jensen, N. Jenkins, J. N. Barbee, J. S. Peterson, J. L. M. DeVos. 28—Ald. M. Adamowski, G. Wagner, T. Levish. 29—Ald. T. F. Byrne, T. Burns, O. C. Heise, O. Barkus, Dr. B. D. Slatek, A. C. Bell. 30—J. F. Murphy, Ald. William R. O'Toole, J. P. Flanagan, T. J. O'Grady, G. L. Russell. 31—Ald. T. F. Moran, R. L. Wolfe, D. I. Swanson. 32—H. Groenier, J. G. Clay, D. Anderson, Ald. J. H. Lyle, C. A Bard, J. L. Wellington. 33—Ald. A. O. Anderson, E. W Rieckman, T. L. Slater, W. Boe decker, F. Link. 35—Ald. T. J. Lynch, R. H. Howe, L. Henson. 5. Many of the friends of Alderman William R. O'Toole of the 30th ward contend that in as much as he is a strong supporter of Mayor William Hale Thompson, always assisting with his vote to back Hison up in the City Council, that many Colored men and women residing in the 30th ward will assist him to win out at the first show down Tuesday, Feb. 24, and make it possible for Alderman O'Toole to continue to uphold the hands of Mayor Thompson Maryland in History. The city of Balkunore was founded in 1728, Frederick in 1745 and Georgetown in 1751. Maryland played an honorable part in the Revolutionary war, and in 1783 congress met at Annapolis, where, on December 23, after the conclusion of peace, Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief. In the war of 1812 the state suffered severely. Fort McHenry was bombarded by the English fleet in September, 1814, this battle being the occasion for the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key. Not Easy to Practice Thrift Thrift begins with trifles and leads toward contentment. The difficulty is to begin saving just a little when you have plenty. It is so much easier to spend the whole surplus from week to week and from month to month while things are coming easy. Heard on a Car "I thought my first husband snored badly enough, but, oh, dear! John was a solo snorer, while my present husband tries to imitate the entire orchestra."—Boston Transcript. Turkish Antiques There is a law in the Turkish empire prohibiting the exportation of relics and antiques more than a hundred years old. Real objects of art of sufficient age are to be of value are rarely to be purchased. Getting Gold Out of Australia. Getting Gold Out of Australia. Australia forbids the export of gold without authority, but the Chinese who go back to their own land on a visit show considerable ingenuity in taking away the coveted sovereign. Recently customs inspectors made a rich haul in a-ralsin jar, the back of a shaving mirror, an alarm clock and the leather band of a hat. The Chinese cheerfully paid the fines imposed on them and were delighted when the confiscated gold was returned to them. What Displeased Her. "Why have you quarreled with George?" "Because he proposed to me last night." "Well, there's no harm in that!" "But I accepted him the night before." -Stray Stories. And the Reverse? Bandages have been invented containing insulated wires to take current from storage batteries or lightning circuits so that they can be kept warm indefinitely. First Examine Good Qualities. We are firm believers in the maxim that for all right judgment for any man or thing it is useful, nay essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing judgment on his bad.—Carlyle. 1234567890 HON. ROBERT E. TURNEY. Former judge of the Superior would make a tip-top Republ County Court, this coming fall Former judge of the Superior Court; high class lawyer, who would make a tip-top Republican candidate for judge of the County Court, this coming fall. Imitation of Precious Stones The opal is more difficult to imitate than is the diamond. But from artificial corundum, stained with chrome alum, real rubles can be made, and very cheaply. If the coloring agent is titanium oxide, the product becomes a genuine artificial sapphire. Paper Resists Fire Wrap up a very smooth piece of lead in a piece of paper, then hold it over the flame of a taper; the lead will be melted without burning the paper, providing there are no wrinkles in the paper and that it is in contact with the lead everywhere. —Electrical Experimenter. Mourned His Insulted Country It is related of Thiers, celebrated French statesman who died about 40 years ago, that so long as there was a German soldier on French oil he always used notepaper with a ep black border. Work With Enthusiasm To be enthusiastic about one's job, always—that is the indispensable to doing one's job well. And those who refuse to take this truth to heart will ever find themselves in the ranks of the obscure, the mediocre and the poverty stricken. Conditions That Bar Happiness. No man can be happy when he de- pheses his own acts, when he has any consciousness of wrong, whether of motive or act. No man can be happy when he harbors thoughts of revenge, jealousy, envy or hatred. He must have a clean heart and a clean conscience, or no amount of money or excitement can make him happy.— Exchange. Accepted Incident as Mandate. A remarkable case of ring finding is related of St. Atilan, bishop of Zamora, who lived in the tenta century. He wanted to surrender his bishople and threw his episcopal ring into the Douro. But a fish brought it back to him, and he concluded that he should continue to bear his burden. 1PEW 101 PEN HON. CHARLES M. WALKER One of the most popular and honorable judge Court of Cook County, who knows no co oppensing even-handed justice in his court. One of the most popular and honorable judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who knows no color line in dispensing even-handed justice in his court. One of the most popular and honorable judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who knows no color line in dispensing even-handed justice in his court. For Court; high class lawyer, who dican candidate for judge of the l. When the Railroad Was New. Among the oldest forms of decorat- ed glass bottles or flasks known to have been made in the United States is one which bears a relief design re- presenting the first railway. The device shows a horse drawing a four wheeled car along a rail. The vehicle is piled full of bales, lumps of coal or packages of freight. Around the margin is "Success to the rail- road." Holds Picture Nail Solid When a wall is so soft that it will not hold a picture nail, mix a little plaster of paris in a teacup; enlarge the hole to a fair size and insert the plaster—and, a minute after, the nail—and let it dry. The nail will be perfectly secure after it has dried. Balzac left in manuscript a chapter which he called "Theorele de la Marche," in which he says, "The look, the voice, the respiration and the attitude or walk are identical. But, as it has not been given to man the power to stand guard at once over these four different simultaneous expressions of his thought, watch that one which speaks out the truth, and you will know the whole man."—Life of Balzac. Lincoln's Little Joke. Once in his law days while Lincoln was in Chicago trying a suit, his wife had the roof taken off their house to make the house higher. On Lincoln's return he manifested great surprise, and asked a passerbly, "Stranger, can you tell me where Lincoln lives?" Receiving the desired information, he then gravely entered the domicile. Many people think that the airplane word "hangar" is an affection and is the late adaption of a French word. A look into the Standard dictionary will reveal the fact that Thackeray uses the word and that it means a shed, not primarily a place to hang a dirigible.—Hartford Courant. 1920 I honorable judges of the Cir no knows no color line in dis is court. The Man. The Hangar. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DOINGS AMONG THE AFRO- AMERICANS IN NEW YORK CITY. News Letter by the Newspaper Service Bureau, 305 Broadway. THE 17th ANNUAL MILITARY BALL GIVEN BY THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY, N. G. AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ARMORY 35TH STREET AND FOREST AVENUE ON Thursday Evening, Feb. 12, 1920 MUSIC BY THE EIGHTH REGIMENT BAND ADMISSION 50 CENTS N. B.—All soldiers and former soldiers are requested to attend in uniform. A Philip Randolph and Chandler Owens, New York's leading young Socialists, made a successful trip to Detroit, Michigan, last week. They arrived in Detroit Saturday, January 24th. On Sunday at the Labor Forum before a huge crowd of both races, Mr. Randolph spoke on "The Americanism of Tomorrow." Mr. Owen's topic was "The New Education." On Tuesday before the Labor Lyceum they both discussed "The New Emancipation." Last Wednesday the young leaders of radical thought addressed the Bethel A. M. E. Church on "Economic Aspects of the Negro Problem." Following the speeches at Bethel the citizens of Detroit tendered a banquet to Mr. Randolph and Mr. Owen at the Crisis Cafe. Both Randolph and Owens are teachers in the famous Rand School of Social Science and are considered on a par with their white brother worker in the school, Prof. Scott Nearing, formerly of the University of Pennsylvania faculty. They are also in connection with Victor R. Daly, a former officer of the 367th Buffaloes, owners and editors of the Messenger Magazine. In the last election held in New York City, Mr. Randolph, although ill in bed and notable to deliver a single speech, received over 1,600 votes for the office of assemblyman. They are active in the works of the race, more recently being connected with the movement to insure justice to the condemned men in Arkansas, and also Lovett Fort Whiteman, who is imprisoned in St. Louis. They were active in behalf of Jones, the colored man arrested in Boston during the recent police strike for distributing a pamphlet called "Justice to the Negro." Had Jontes not committed suicide it was confidently expected that the progressive element among our people would have succeeded in having him released. The play at the Lafayette Theatre last week was the former Broadway success, "The Challenge." Its author was Eugene Walter. It was a gripping play of Labor conditions. Andrew Bishop as Dick, Arthur Ray as the city editor of the Globe, and Cleo Desmond as Mary, were the best in the cast. This week's play, "This and That," advertised as a musical revue, did not make its debut at the customary Monday matinee, due to the fact that the actors did not know their parts. Quite a crowd of would-be spectators were keenly disappointed. * * * The Midwinter gathering of the students of the New York Academy will take place Tuesday evening, February 10th, at the Harlem Casino. Miss Clara Blunt of the Wheatley Court, was quietly wedded to Dr. E. C. Capcheardt of Eatontown, N. C. She will leave New York to take up her home in the South on February 20th. In the weekly road race of the Harlem Athletic League held Sunday, February 1st, the colored boys of the St. Christopher A. C. carried off the team prize with a score of 25. The Harbrook Heights A. C., white, was second with 32. Wilson Jackson, St. Christopher A. C., colored, also carried away the fast time prize. His time for five miles was 34.23. Mme. C. Francis of 203 West 100th street, died Wednesday, January 28th, following an operation. She was buried Saturday following from St. Mark's M. E. Church. Rev. Brooks delivered the funeral sermon and Lulu Robinson Jones sang beautifully over her dead friend. Many floral tributes from the many organizations to which the departed belonged were received at the funeral. * * * * Reverend W. Louis Williams has opened up a series of religious lectures at Lafayette Hall. His first Wanted—Fifty women in various departments for light work, such as sorting and trimming washed rags, sorting waste paper stock, etc. GOOD PAY. Gumbinsky Bros. Co. 2261 South Union Avenue—one block cast of Halsted St. (Feb. 14, 1920) Adv. was "A Prize for the Best Dancer," delivered Sunday, February 1st. Rev. Williams intends to combat some of the new thought and radical doctrines that are being put before the people c. New York. * * * The program at Salem Lyceum Sunday, February 8th, is to be one of especial importance. James Weldon Johnson, field secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., and Katherine Bennett Davis, former Commissioner of Corrections, New York City, will be the principal speakers. George W. Allen will preside. George W. Harris and Dr. Charles H. Roberts, the colored aldermen, have introduced motions in the Board of Aldermen calling for the establishment of new playgrounds for colored children in Harlem and also for the speedy carrying out of the plants for the armory for the famous Fifteenth Infantry. The Negro Congressional Committee held their weekly meeting at St. James' Presbyterian Church last Friday evening. Rev. Frank Heider, John E. Nail, Dr. W. E. B. DuBois and other prominent men made remarks. Lloyd M. Granger, the colored sprinter who competed in the Americanization Meet, won his heat last Sunday in the fast time of 2 minutes for the half mile. Benjamin Brawley, the Negro historian, visited New York last Wednesday. He was en route to his new work in Liberia. A mass meeting in the interest of the rainbow Magazine will be held this Thursday at Salem M. E. Church. Rev. F. A. Cullen, A. Bowyer, L. C. Collins, and other prominent men will speak. The Loendi A. C. of Pittsburgh, led by the famous Cun Posey, defeated the St. Christopher "Red and Black Machine" in Manhattan Casino in a basketball game played January 29th. The score was 31 to 13. About 3,000 people witness the contest. Milton Deas, the popular post office clerk, whose automobile was a familiar sight on Seventh avenue last summer, was apprehended January 28th and charged_with larceny from the mails. He is now awaiting trial. Reverend A. H. Johnson, president of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of New Jersey, spoke at Walker Memorial Baptist Church last Wednesday on "The Rise and Fall of Nations." The New Jersey Civil Rights Bureau, 800 Broad street, Newark, N. J, has issued an appeal to Negroes everywhere to help them in their fight to attain the passing of a civil rights bill in New Jersey similar to the ones in New York and Massachusetts. Every prominent Negro in Jersey is behind the movement, and moral and other support from elsewhere would be greatly appreciated. Mr. W. P. Burrell is corresponding secretary. George W. Harris, colored, of 518 West 111th street, who was recently charged with the killing of his wife and fatal injuring of Leah Branch, pleaded guilty last week to murder in the second degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He and his wife had three minor children living. His act was one of jealousy and rage. The Connoissuers, the organization of young people who have been entertaining the old people at Lincoln Home with little playlets on various occasions, are presenting a new play at St. Mark's Hall on February 20. It is entitled "What Women Do." Bishop R. S. Williams of Augusta, Ga., is visiting New York. He intends staying here to witness the opening of the new Williams Memorial Church of the C. M. E. denomination next Wednesday evening. Sandy Evans of the Salem-Crescent A. C., who now holds the junior national half mile championship title, THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. FEBRUARY 7. 1920. has entered the senior metropolitan championships at the 22nd Regiment Armory on February 28th. The Mary Church Terrell League gave a musical entertainment at Brotherhood House, 129 W. 136th street, last Thursday. The numbers were mostly from the local junior members of the colored smart set. Dr. Henry Hugh Proctor of Atlanta, Ga., was the orator at the Y. M. C. A. "Big Meeting" on Sunday, February 1st. His topic was "Good News From a Far Country." He was well received. Prof. William Speights, soloist, added materially to the success of the programme. The Le Allegre Tennis Club is giving its second annual dance on Lincoln's Birthday at Empire Hall, Tompkinsville, Richmond Borough, Mrs. Drusilla Poole is managing the entertainment. The St. Christopher Club, colored, is staging a big cross country run on Washington's Birthday, February 23rd. The run is sanctioned by the A. A. U. and some of the most valuable prizes ever offered in recent years are being given the prize winners. The most prominent white and colored runners of the metropolitan district have already entered the race. Team entries from the Morningside A. C., the Harbrook Heights A. C., the Glencoe A. C., and other prominent clubs have been received. Cleota J. Collins, the western soprano, will give a recital at Mt Olivet Baptist Church February 26th. J. Frank Wheaton, the colored assistant district attorney, has been assigned to try cases in the Court of General Sessions. It is the first time that a Negro has ever been given this important post. Mr. Wheaton is a democrat. Mr. Pureza Rico, the South American basso, gave a song recital at Mother Zion A. M. E. Church last Thursday evening. It was Mr. Rico's first appearance in this country. He rendered some difficult numbers from the operas and was well received. His voice was rich and full and clearly showed the results of the best training that, the European masters could give. If Mr. Rico were white we are positive he would be recognized in grand opera. The Urban League is holding its national yearly meeting at Sage Foundation Building on February 5th. Miss Nannie Burroughs of Washington, D. C., is scheduled as the main speaker. Miss Ella G. Wolfe of the National Child Labor Committee, addressed the girls of the Colored Y W. C. A. on "Social Problems." Editor Fred. Moore of the N. Y. Age also made a few remarks. Value of Training. The value of systematic physical training for executives is being recognized by industrial concerns throughout the country. It is well known that exercise for those whose work does not normally provide it makes for efficiency and little loss of time through illness. Use Butterflies as Food Butterflies, which are very prolific in Australia, are suffocated in millions by the aborigines and, separated from their wings, pressed into cakes and eaten. Women Pharmacists Increase. A recent canvass by a pharmaceutical journal has disclosed the fact that the number of women pharmacists in the United States has more than doubled within the last five years. Tree Like Bone. The yacal, a Philippine tree, is a really wonderful wood. It is as hard as bone. Lignum vitae is credited with being the hardest known wood; but it is doubtful if it will stand any more test than yacal. Time's Unfortunate Change. The little boy who is afraid to speak a piece in school in many cases grows up to be the man who isn't happy unless he is talking by the hour. A Way to Fame. Fame is very easily acquired. All you have to do is to be in the right place at the right time and do the right thing in the right way—and then advertise it widely—Kansas City Star. Better to Give Than Lend. Give, and you may keep your friend if you lose your money; lend and the chances are that you lose your friend if ever you get back your money—Bulwer-Lytton. CITIZENS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK 85 IN & STATE STS CHICAGO THE WAY TO SAVE JOIN OUR WEEKLY THRIFT CLUB Cut 'This Out and Send in for Particulars BESTHOUSE WESTERN BESTHOUSE Best of West The Uncertain Tomorrow Tomorrow holds uncertainty for the man or woman who has not a bank account. Emergencies demand money, and many misfortunies that have happened might have been forestalled had ready funds been available. If today you open a Savings Account of $1.00 or more you will have laid the foundation of prosperity in the same manner that many of our money piles or our clients started their successful careers. Come in—"Let's talk it over." NEW BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS Mondays 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. Saturdays 9 a. m to 8 p. m. ILLINOIS TRUST O SAVINGS BAN* La Salle · Jackson · Chico Fisherman's Lucky Day A 14-carat gold band ring was found by John Moore, one of the crew of the fishing schooner Gertrude De Costa, inside a big halibut caught on George bank recently. The ring is a man's size and is believed to have been dropped overboard from some tran. jantic liner. Judging from its condition when recovered from the hallibut's stomach by Moore, the ring had been lost recently. Moore will wear it, as there is no way of determining the ownership. When Death Cools His Sting. There is in the West Indies a very curious superstition regarding death. When a death occurs in a house all the water in it should be regarded as poisoned and at once thrown away. The idea is that death after claiming his victim will cool his "sting" in the first water he reaches, which thereby becomes a deadly poison. No one can tell what water has been touched, so the safe thing to do is to get rid of all that is within his reach and do it at once. Largest Pipe Organ. What is undoubtedly the largest and probably the greatest pipe organ ever made was that which was played in Festival hall in St. Louis, during the exposition in 1004. It was originally made for Convention hall, in Kansas City, but was never accepted. It remained in storage for years and was, then bought by John Wanamaker and installed in his Philadelphia store, where it is played every working day. The organ weighs 375,000 pounds. Maryland an Old State. "Maryland, My Maryland," was one of the thirteen original states. In 1632 Cecilia Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, received from Charles I a charter conferring on him possession of the territory now forming the states of Maryland and Delaware. Thus he became a sort of feudal lord, in supreme authority over the colony. Maryland had a long list of proprietary and royal governors before it was organized as a state in 1777. About the Swingknife A swingknife is a wooden sword, 18 to 24 inches long and 8 to 10 inches broad, used to scrape the woody portion from fax, a handful of which hangs over a groove in the standing board known as the swingstock. Swingknives are still used in the manufacture of flax in parts of the Old World, but modern machinery has pretty generally displaced them. "Noblesse Oblige The new social order demands that those who have the highest talents, the greatest mental endowment, devote them to those who are less fortunate in service that will elevate and ennoble those with whom we live. The Christian era, first used by a monk, Dionysius Exigus, in the year 533 A. D. and adopted by Christian nations at a later period, was intended to begin with the birth of Christ. Dionysius is believed, however, to have made an error in fixing that event in the year of Rome 754 instead of 750. Christ's birth is now considered to have taken place in or before the year 4 B. C. Human experience, like the stern lights of a ship at sea, illumines the path which we have passed over.—Coleridge. 目 Copyright ANDEWOOD & UNDERWOOD Billowing charm is in every bit of this accordion plaited pooke skirt, trimmed with several rows of stitching in delicate blue. This stitching is also used on the cuffs of the charming waist which has a dainty collar of old blue velvet. The girdle is of the same material. NEW LINGERIE AND GLOVES Dainty Undergarments Are Embroidered; Shoes and Slippers of Satin and Velvet; Long Gloves. Lingerie is one of the things which have had an impetus during the season. There seems to be an idea of getting away from the old and welt-tried ideas and of indulging in undergarments which are original and pretty at the same time. Chiffon is the material most favored. The pale yellows and the shades of mauve are particularly attractive, and so are the tones of cerise and orange. For a bright color in chiffon loses the heaviness which might result from the use of a thicker material. These dainty bits of undergarments are embroidered in thin rows of flower patterns and are generously helped along by inlays of hemstitching. There are ribbons used not too conspicuously and varying a little from the general tone of the material. Accordion plaiting is cleverly used. Two or three rows of double hemstitching, with the rest in plaiting, and you have a slip which cannot be said to have a serious rival. Laces are used with caution and they are, of course, most attractive when they are hand made. Shoes and slippers are often made of satin and velvet. In Paris these are cut with scarcely any vamp and they are supplied with straps over the insteps and with butterfly ornaments in the place of buckles. These are made of a bit of gold or silver gauze and a strip of wire and some rhinestone sparkles. Gloves are another accessory of woman's dress which have undergone a change in Paris in that they no longer are worn wrist length. Every sleeve ends in a gauntlet glove or a mousquetaire glove or a long 14-buttoned glove. There is always a wrinkle around the wrist when style is in the balance and sleeves that are long are made tight enough for the glove to slip over them. The shorter sleeves expect the glove to meet them. Long gloves decidedly are in again. : Tribute to Great American. Carlyle and a friend were walking a street in London many years ago, and suddenly Carlyle gripped his friend's arm and said: "Who is that man that passed?" And the friend replied: "That is Daniel Webster of Massachusetts." And Carlyle said: "He looks like a walking cathedral." Woman's Reserve Power Nobody else can leave the impression of holding in reserve so much detailed knowledge of the utmost importance as a neighbor woman when she tells you that some other neighbor woman concerning whose health you Inquire is doing as well as could be expected. Ohio State Journal. Walking Snakes It is supposed that the early ancestors of modern snakes walked on four legs. Some big serpents, such as the boas, even now have rudimentary hindlegs. But the "feet" on which all snakes do their walking today are the cartilaginous extremities of their ribs. To preserve these is the greatest difficulty in the preparation of an ophidian skeleton. Milliner Named for Milan. Before Paris became the migratory modes, Milan gave the fashion to the world; hence the word milliner. A Mad Car? Myself and family were out for our usual Sunday ride. We were driving along a fairly ample road, which gradually became more little Rose, who had become tired of being bumped about, exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, has the car lost its temper?"—Exchange. FROCKS FOR GIRLS Suggestion for Two-Fabric Dress for Spring Wear. Outfit May Be of Silk or Wool With Panel of Plain Velvet; Embroidery Optional. The sketch offers a suggestion for making a two-fabric frock for a little girl of six or eight years, or the panel idea may be employed in making over a last season frock. The dress may be of silk or wool fabric with panel of plain velvet, or the dress proper may be of plaid with plain panel. The use of embroidery or braiding as an extra trimming touch is, of course, optional. Spring dresses for little girls are now being bought up by all the shops in anticipation of the early demand for them, as the average mother attends in advance to the wardrobe of her small daughters, buying or making nearly all the clothes that will be needed during the coming spring and summer. In the first showing of little checked gingham frocks an exceptionally smart model shows a straight line dress with elbow sleeves dignified by a scarf of self fabric attached to the back of the collarless neck and drawn to the front, sweater scarf fashion, the whole being held in to the figure by a little black patent leather belt. The material used for the dress was red and black checked gingham. Touches of black braiding were used in trimming. Cotton materials, such as gingham and rep, that are used in generous quantity in the development of children's dresses are very high in price it present, so that any dress, whether made at home or purchased ready to wear in the shops, will cost three or four times as much as it would a few seasons ago. Short sleeves are shown in nearly full spring and summer dresses, whatever the material. A very attractive grimming touch is the use of tailored 1 Panel Frock for Little Girl. points or scallops on the many ruffles used, both on skirts and sleeves of the frocks. The popularity of velvet is the real feature of midwinter apparel for young girls and children. Another feature is the tendency to follow in general line the styles developed for grown-ups. HINTS TO HOUSEWIVES Keep piece of charcoal in refrigerator. Everything will keep sweet. Straight hanging dresses are the most satisfactory for working about the house. If alum is added to the paste used in covering boxes with paper for scrapbooks, moths or mice will not invade them. To remove marks made by placing hot dishes on a polished table, rub well with turpentine. Leave this on for some time, say half an hour, then polish and the marks should have quite disappeared. When the wall paper happens to need a patch and the new paper is conspicuously bright compared with the old, hang the new piece in the sunshine, watch closely, and you will find that it will soon sun-tone to match the old paper. You may then patch your wall and the patch will be hardly noticeable. Oil Cloth as Trimming On cloth as trimming. Oilcloth is the latest addition to dress trimmings in Paris. The gloss of waxed ribbon proved so alluring that fashion, has gone one better than waxed ribbon and provided oilcloth. Strappings and motifs of it are incorporated with embroidery and silk stitching on costumes of satin, broadcloth and velours, and the effect is not half as bad as it sounds. Burmese All Ford of Tobacco. It is commonly asserted that the Burmese all smoke, and that Burmese babies cry for a cigar instead of crying for the moon. This is not so. But it is quite common to see a lot of little boys and girls in the street making mud-pies and puffing away at big cigars with equal enthusiasm. FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. George W. Boyd, News Stand, Laundry Office and Shoe Shining Parlors, 3620 S. State street. Mrs. L. Myers, Notion Store, Laundry Office and News Stand, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. 53rd street, near State. Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Zion Church, 3739 Elmwood avenue. R. T. Kirby, Shoe Shining, Hat Cleaning Parlor and News Stand, 20 E. 35th street, near L Station. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest corner 35th and State streets. News items left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. THE UTILITY GOWN Black Velvet Draws Palm of Popularity. Writer Says. Fabric Suitable for All Purposes From Breakfast Robe to Ball and Theater Airtire. In these days of the high cost of everything few women can afford to make a distinction between dinner gowns and evening dress. They both signify formal wear, but to persons of meticulous care in dress there is a difference. With housekeeping such a tremendous problem and the domestic question a shoal on which many households founder, the custom of dining out is becoming more and more prevalent. At the more exclusive restaurants one is not properly dressed unless in evening clothes, yet if the evening's entertainment includes the theater one's costume needs to be more reserved than if a dancing party or the opera is contemplated. Of all the materials we have seen this season, observes a fashion writer, the palm of popularity goes to black velvet—unquestionably the fabric suitable for all purposes from breakfast to ball gown, and in the restaurants and theaters it predominates. A clever woman whom we see at every important function is not noted for her wealth nor her lavish expenditures on dress, but she is always tastefully if rather unobtrusively gowned. At the opera one evening she appeared in a stunning gown of black silk velvet made severely plain with a round of decolletage and the skirt ankle length with a long, straight panel falling from one hip to form a side train. We remarked the costume for its extreme elegance of line and lack of adornment. A few nights later this woman came into the dining room of our most fashionable and exclusive hotel again gowned in black velvet. We noticed that the bodice was cut rather low and filled in with a shirred gilet of embroidered black net, short sleeves edged with tiny ruffles were of net and chiffon, and on one hip several flat loops of the velvet simulated the bouffant effect. It was not until afterward that we realized that this costume was in fact the opera gown worn with a gulpe of net, and, with the train looped up, Not one woman in a hundred, unless she were in the habit of scrutinizing and analyzing feminine wearing apparel, would have discovered the metamorphosed frocks. Very convincing transformations may be accomplished by a woman who is clever with her needle or who has a good dressmaker. IN MORE TEMPERATE SHADES Season's Colors Good and Comprise the Soft but Rich and Warm in Tone. Absent are the glaring colors of yesterday, supplanted as they are by more temperate shades, deep and warm in tone. This season the colors are exceedingly good. They are soft, but rich in tone. There are colors of varying shades to set off every complexion, and yellow has its butter-colored series, its old gold with a hint of green, lemon, primrose, sulphur and ennary—all yellow but with that slight difference that permits the fair woman to humor her taste without sacrificing her complexion. Gray hair is always beautiful with gray clothes. White-gray hair needs careful-choice of colors between the blue-gray and yellow-gray, according to its requirements. Evening dresses show many pastel shades and the colors of Louis Quinze brocades are in evidence. A dance dress of dull green shows many tiny frills edged with dull, brass-colored gold braid. A bouquet of gold flowers adds the finishing touch to the costume. Gold and silver, especially for dresses, are becoming more and more popular. Phone Prospect 427 JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 6244 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO, ILL. The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company offers its customers a January Clearance Sale. Telephone Central 5832 Residence Douglas 2616 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 Years' Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO Phone Douglas 2928 Laundry Office Edward Felix Notions and Grocery Delicatessen—Bread, Cakes and Pies Ice Cream—Brick and Bulk 3002 Dearborn St CHICAGO, ILL. TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 7, 1930. DENISON, WATKINS AND WHITE ATTORNEYS AT LAW 36 West Randolph Street Franklin A. Denison, S. A. T. Watkins, James E. White Telephone Central 3142 CHICAGO PHONE MAIN 2214 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Tel. Central 6583 Residence 3646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglas 4397 J. GRAY LUCAS ATTORNEY AT LAW 36 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suite 402 Delaware Building F. Dunn, J. B. McCahey, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macallister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1239 CHICAGO Residence, 4538 Prairie Avenue Phone Kenwood 8520 WALTER M. FARMER ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 708 Office Telephone: Main 4158 CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Acidence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9138 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 32-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to, C. K. KREYSSLER DRUGGIST 5057 South State Street Near 51st St. Not On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice, long hair," says the author. "Hair has grown 20 inches long by using your wonderful." EXELENTO GUMINING MEMOIR Don't be fooled by fake Kinky Removers. You can't straighten your hair quite well, and the gumine of the hair and makeup it grows long and grits. We use Exelento Skin Remover, an ointment for dark, yellow skin. Used in treatment of skin trouble. POCK OF BACH IS IN STAMPS OR COP AGENT WATER TOWELS/WINDWINDERS EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- November 18, 1912..... $ 836,605.23 November 17, 1913..... 988,386.38 November 17, 1914..... 912,005.69 November 17, 1915..... 1,059,400.64 November 17, 1916..... 1,132,750.71 November 17, 1917..... 979,377.47 November 18, 1919..... 1,284,084.24 November 17, 1919..... 2,359,636.62 JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Largest Labor Organization of Negroes in the World Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more than all other labor agencies c ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magu the Appomattox Club—recenters. Railway Men' Benevolent Indus General Headquarter Appomattox Club ation has done more for the railroa labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW ed in the magnificent home for box Club—recently purchased a Ray Men's Interna ment Industrial Asso ial Headquarters, 3441 Waba ub This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Appomattox Club CHICAGO, ILL. "Bosker Time" Is Cheerful. The term a "bosker time," which the Australians use to describe a cheerful leave, comes home to its birthplace, little altered. "Bosky," with a similar meaning, was an English colloquialism in the eighteenth century. And "bosky" is still current slang with us, but implying too generous use of the wine cup. There is one phrase in the book of slang which is decidedly pleasing, "Australian grip." It stands for that best of greetings, the honest, hearty hand shake.—London Chronicle. History of the Melon. Melons were first extensively cultivated in France early in the seventeenth century, but were known to the ancients from the commencement of our era. The Egyptians grew them. They are said to have been carried to America by the Portuguese. Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWA CHICAGO'S REP UNDERT Finest Establishm Y, McGOWAN AND MC CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS nest Establishment in the U. KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors RNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER PHONE: KENWOOD 455 212-5020-5030 S. STATE STREET The Cunningham Car more for the railroad man of color combined. IN WHO KNOW sificent home formerly used by ply purchased as our headquar- s International trial Association s, 3441 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Ancient Honduran City. Ancient Holloman City. Copan is an ancient ruined city of northwestern Honduras, on the Copan river. The remains are of unknown antiquity and very extensive, stretching for about two miles along the river. The buildings are of stone, embracing a temple over 600 feet long, with many sculptured figures. The Copan rulns take their name from a modern town to the east of them. This was an Indian stronghold, and was taken after a fierce struggle by the Spaniards under Hermando de Chaves in 1530. The Other Way Round. Merrington—"Many a wise word is spoken in jest." Stingsby—"Yes, but they can't compare with the number of foolish ones that are spoken in earnest." N AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE LAKERS ent in the U. S. 3131-33-35 STATE STREET Home Outfitters Hare an "Old Settler." With a known lineage trailing through 3,000 dusty years the hare may well be called one of the ancient inhabitants of the earth. Among the oldest Jews the hare and its near relative, the coney of the rocks, were excluded from the ranks of edible animals; but as the flesh of the hare was found to be both nutritious and wholesome the prejudice against it gradually disappeared and it began to be grown and domesticated for food. History Repeats Itself. Briggs and Fowler were talking of the great wars fought in the days when the world was considerably younger. "You know," said Briggs "it always seems to me that those old warriors were very much like our modern financiers." "What do you mean?" asked Fowler. "Well they were always investing some one else's capital, weren't they?" It takes two trucks to move the average household—one to carry the furniture, and the other to convey the old clothes the housewife gives away as soon as she moves into the new place. —Kansas City Star. Edinburgh Landmark Gone. An interesting bit of old Edinburgh, dating back about 1600, has been burned. The destroyed building, which consisted of a single story and attic, was one of the landmarks of the Holyrood area. It was the old Yew Tree tavern, and stood inside the bounds of the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors, within which, in days of yore, the fugitive was free from the attentions of his creditors A good Arabian horse can canter in the desert for twenty-four hours in summer and forty-eight in winter without drinking. E.chen middens are great mounds, some 100 feet long and 250 feet wide, found in Denmark, England, Scotland, France and in parts of Europe, North and South America and Australia. They are supposed to be the refuse heaps of prehistoric periods, and are composed chiefly of oyster, periwinkle, cockle and mussel shells. In them are found implements of wood, stone, bones of animals and cinders. THE HOLIDAY HOUSE The finest building ever opened to Colored tenants in Chicago. Steam heat, electric lights, tile baths, marble entrance Phone Main 263 J.W. Casey, Agt. 133 W.Washington St. The Second Load. Hard to Believe. "Kitchen Middens." Cash or Credit A good old lady in a town not far from here pliously thinned Providence each day of her life that she was not exposed to the perils that missionaries in savage countries incurred. As she was taking her placid morning walk one day a branch broke from an elm tree and fell upon her, injuring her so badly that her death resulted not long afterward. Yet none could have lived a more sheltered and secluded life than she. Dresses in Spanish Style In his distinguishing black on the forehead and yellow on the throat the Maryland yellow-threat is one of the most beautifully marked of any member of his tribe and gives an appearance of Spanish grandeur, says the American Forestry association of Washington. There is no mistaking the song of this bird, and it is rendered in a variety of ways which make it sound like any one of the following: "Which-is-it? which-is-it?" or "What-pity, what-a-pity," or "Which-way-sir, which-way-sir?" or "I-beseech you, Beseech-you," or "Witchery, witchery, witchery." The bird is particularly fond of thickets by the side of running water. Ring Strangely Recovered. A wedding ring was found in the stomach of a cod caught on the Grand banks. The ring belonged to Mrs. Pauline Burnham, an English woman, who had lost it when the steamed Anglo-Saxon went down in 1861. The fisherman traced the ownership of the ring and sent it back to the son of Mrs. Burnham, who is said to have rewarded him with a present of $250. Wisdom and Prudence There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false, reptile, prudence, the result, not of caution, but of fear.— Burke. Residence Telephone 3829 Wabush Ave. Boulevard 10307 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8354 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois ---